I've known this very special and talented young woman for an extremely long time. In a way, I grew up with her, as we participated in 4-H together and I followed in her foot steps through the FFA. I was always envious of her, but there was also something that made her slightly difficult to agree with. Two days ago I found out what is was.
The 2011-2012 AK state officer team was holding their "team leadership conference", and I went to visit. Being a past state officer, I was close to a few of the current team members. It was bed time, but before we got that far, we were having a discussion about their team, and its lack of unity and friendship. I talked to the two leaders of the conference, (also past state officers) about trying to get them to open up. One of them agreed, but had no idea on how to go about it. The other, (one I grew up with) disagreed fully. Her reasoning was; "as long as the work gets done, on time, and well, I don't care if they like each other or not."
And this is where I realized the difference between me and her. She was concerned only with production, where I care about unity. The way I see it is as a clock. She's the person that only cares if it works, and that she can read it. I care about the gears, and how smoothly they all run together. In someway you have to only focus on production, but if you can help them smooth out the gears, you need to.
If nothing else, TRY!! You'd be amazed at what you can accomplish by just trying.
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